Sushil Modi hits out at Kishor; Grand Alliance latches onto remarks against Bihar CM

In a blistering attack on Prashant Kishor, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday said the expelled JD(U) leader had cut his teeth as an election strategist for Narendra Modi in 2014, but was now accusing the BJP of following "Godse".

In a flurry of tweets, Sushil Modi, one of the senior most leaders of the BJP in Bihar, flayed Kishor, without mentioning him by name, for having used a derogatory term like "pichhlaggu" (underling) for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar despite claiming that the JD(U) boss was "pitra tulya" (like a father) to him.

The opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar, however, lapped up the strident criticism of the Nitish Kumar government to help the five-party formation in its fight against the formidable NDA in the assembly polls due later this year.

The deputy CM, who has had spats with Kishor on social media on more than one occasion when the latter was the
At his first press conference after expulsion from the
JD(U) national general secretary and chief spokesman
K C Tyagi, who was the signatory to the letter whereby Kishor